feat(ui): left-panel alert stack — licence indicator pinned on top, events LIFO below

Creator design (2026-11-05). A stack of red rows at the top of the left panel, above both mode grids
so it shows while editing and while live, pushing the panel's content down.

- Row 1 is the **Steam licence indicator** and nothing displaces it. It reads as status, not a
  warning: "Entitlement 30 fps · Maximum 60 fps", both numbers derived from QualityOptions and
  HasProOutput. While higher tiers are unavailable it shows a **pin** (standing indicator, no close
  control); once ownership is verified the pin becomes a **close control** and the dismissal is
  persisted (`Steam.LicenceIndicatorDismissed`), permanent while ownership holds. Losing ownership
  restores it as pinned — a change of state, not a preference. Click → About.
- **Event rows stack beneath, newest first**, one row per episode (an episode advancing its state
  updates its own row rather than adding another). Each is dismissible. Click → the Logs tab opens
  with that event's sequence range painted red (`HighlightedLogFrom/To` + `LogInRangeConverter`; two
  numbers rather than a collection because the log list is virtualised and realised rows do not
  re-evaluate on membership changes).
- Replaces the old red panel under the quality picker, which is removed.
- The Steam diagnostic text loses "Contact the creator or support" for a neutral
  "Steam licensing is not configured in this build."

Tests: `AttentionAlertStackTests` — pinned first with the status text; owned → closable and the close
survives a reload but ownership loss restores it pinned; pinned cannot be dismissed; event rows LIFO
with in-place episode updates; clicking an event opens Logs and sets its range. AboutHub + Entitlement
tests updated for the removed panel and the new wording. FAST gate: 532 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings.

ytLive.Tests/AboutHubTests.cs

@@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ public sealed class AboutHubTests
                 var lockedTier = vm.QualityOptions.First(option => option.Fps == 60);
                 Assert.Same(freeTier, vm.SelectedQuality);
 
-                var errorPanel = (Border)window.FindName("EntitlementErrorPanel");
-                var errorText = (TextBlock)window.FindName("EntitlementErrorText");
-                Assert.Equal(Visibility.Visible, errorPanel.Visibility);
-                Assert.Contains("Open Steam, sign in", errorText.Text);
+                // The old red panel under the quality picker is gone (2026-11-05): the licence state
+                // lives in the left panel's alert stack now, as a pinned status indicator.
+                Assert.Null(window.FindName("EntitlementErrorPanel"));
+                var licenceRow = vm.AttentionAlerts.Single(alert => alert.Label == "STEAM LICENCE");
+                Assert.True(licenceRow.IsPinned);
+                Assert.Contains("Entitlement 30 fps", licenceRow.Text);
+                Assert.Contains("Maximum 60 fps", licenceRow.Text);
 
                 var picker = (ComboBox)window.FindName("QualityPicker");
                 Assert.True(vm.CanChangeQuality);

ytLive.Tests/AttentionAlertStackTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.Models;
+using ytLive.Services.Entitlement;
+using ytLive.ViewModels;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The left panel's alert stack (creator design, 2026-11-05). Row 1 is the Steam licence indicator and
+/// nothing displaces it: pinned (no close) while higher tiers are unavailable, closable — permanently —
+/// once ownership is verified, and back as pinned if ownership is later lost.
+/// <para>Event rows stack beneath it, newest first, each dismissible, and clicking one opens the Logs
+/// tab with that event's lines painted (the range is what the row carries).</para>
+/// </summary>
+[Collection("RealApp")]
+public sealed class AttentionAlertStackTests
+{
+    private readonly RealAppHost _app;
+
+    public AttentionAlertStackTests(RealAppHost app) => _app = app;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LicenceIndicator_IsPinnedFirst_AndShowsStatusNotAPunishment()
+    {
+        WithVm(vm =>
+        {
+            // A Debug build fakes ownership; this test is about the NOT-OWNED state.
+            vm.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
+
+            var row = Assert.Single(vm.AttentionAlerts);
+            Assert.Equal("STEAM LICENCE", row.Label);
+            Assert.True(row.IsPinned);
+            Assert.True(row.ShowsPin);
+            Assert.False(row.CanDismiss);
+            Assert.Equal(AttentionAlertAction.About, row.Action);
+
+            // A status readout: what this build is entitled to, and the maximum.
+            Assert.Contains("Entitlement 30 fps", row.Text);
+            Assert.Contains("Maximum 60 fps", row.Text);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("unavailable", row.Text, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OwnedLicence_MakesTheIndicatorClosable_AndTheCloseIsPermanent()
+    {
+        WithVm((vm, db) =>
+        {
+            vm.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(true);
+
+            var row = Assert.Single(vm.AttentionAlerts);
+            Assert.False(row.IsPinned);
+            Assert.False(row.ShowsPin);
+            Assert.True(row.CanDismiss);
+            Assert.Contains("Entitlement 60 fps", row.Text);
+
+            vm.DismissAlertCommand.Execute(row);
+            Assert.Empty(vm.AttentionAlerts);
+
+            // Permanent: a fresh view-model on the same profile must not bring it back…
+            var reloaded = new MainViewModel();
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(reloaded.AttentionAlerts, alert => alert.Label == "STEAM LICENCE");
+
+            // …but losing ownership restores it as a pinned indicator: a change of state, not a preference.
+            reloaded.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
+            var restored = reloaded.AttentionAlerts.First(alert => alert.Label == "STEAM LICENCE");
+            Assert.True(restored.IsPinned);
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PinnedIndicator_CannotBeDismissed()
+    {
+        WithVm(vm =>
+        {
+            vm.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
+            var row = vm.AttentionAlerts.Single();
+            vm.DismissAlertCommand.Execute(row);
+            Assert.Single(vm.AttentionAlerts); // still there: it is state, not an alert to clear
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EventRows_StackBeneathTheIndicator_NewestFirst_AndDismissIndividually()
+    {
+        WithVm(vm =>
+        {
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "STREAM", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 1 of 4)", 10, 12);
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "STREAM", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 2 of 4)", 13, 15);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "STEAM LICENCE", "STREAM", "STREAM" }, vm.AttentionAlerts.Select(a => a.Label));
+            // Newest event sits directly under the indicator.
+            Assert.Contains("attempt 2", vm.AttentionAlerts[1].Text);
+            Assert.Contains("attempt 1", vm.AttentionAlerts[2].Text);
+
+            // The same event advancing updates its row instead of adding another.
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "STREAM", "Stream recovered after 1.4 s", 13, 16);
+            Assert.Equal(3, vm.AttentionAlerts.Count);
+            Assert.Contains("recovered", vm.AttentionAlerts[1].Text);
+
+            vm.DismissAlertCommand.Execute(vm.AttentionAlerts[1]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, vm.AttentionAlerts.Count);
+            Assert.Equal("STEAM LICENCE", vm.AttentionAlerts[0].Label);
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ClickingAnEventRow_OpensTheLogsTab_AndHighlightsItsRange()
+    {
+        WithVm(vm =>
+        {
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "STREAM", "Stream dropped", 41, 47);
+
+            vm.ActivateAlertCommand.Execute(vm.AttentionAlerts[1]);
+
+            Assert.True(vm.IsLogsTabSelected);
+            Assert.Equal(41, vm.HighlightedLogFrom);
+            Assert.Equal(47, vm.HighlightedLogTo);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void WithVm(Action<MainViewModel> body) => WithVm((vm, _) => body(vm));
+
+    private void WithVm(Action<MainViewModel, string> body)
+    {
+        _app.Run(() =>
+        {
+            var tempDb = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"ytLlive-alerts-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.db");
+            MainViewModel.LayoutPathOverride = tempDb;
+            var window = new MainWindow();
+            var vm = (MainViewModel)window.DataContext;
+            try
+            {
+                body(vm, tempDb);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                window.Close();
+                MainViewModel.LayoutPathOverride = null;
+                SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+                try { File.Delete(tempDb); } catch { /* best-effort cleanup */ }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}

ytLive.Tests/EntitlementTests.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ public class EntitlementTests
     {
         var entitlement = SteamEntitlement.NotConfigured();
         Assert.False(entitlement.IsAppOwned);
-        Assert.Contains("paid Steam app ID is not configured", entitlement.ErrorMessage);
+        // The diagnostic is deliberately neutral (2026-11-05): the licence state is shown to the
+        // creator as a status indicator, so the log text carries no "contact support" wording.
+        Assert.Contains("Steam licensing is not configured", entitlement.ErrorMessage);
     }
 
     [Fact]